Mechanical movement for washing-machines.



S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.10, 1913. 1,079,460.

' Patented NOV. 25, 1913.

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S. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAR.10,1913.

1,079,460, Patented Nbv. 25, 1913.

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S. T. WHITE. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT roa WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-10, 1913.

' Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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s. T. WHITE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1913.

1,079,460. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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SAMUEL T. WHITE, or DAVENPORT, IOWA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR WASHTNG-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters iatent.

Application filed March 10, 1913. Serial No. 753,327.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. WHITE, a- 2citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county ofScott and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful 1mi rovements inMechanical Movements for ashing-Machines, of which the following; is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to laundry machinery for domestic uses, andparticularly to the combination of a washing machine% consisting of atub with a rotary 'reciprocable dolly inside of the same, a wringer, anda bench upon which said Washing machine and wringer are mounted.

The prime object of my invention is to; provide a combination of theabove men-i tioned laundry contrivances in which the;

.wringer is mounted on a traveling frame? that can be moved into aposition next the tub of the washing machine when it is .deg sired towring clothes directly into orfrom; said tub, or can be moved into anyposition between the tub and the farthest end of the bench upon whichsaid tub is mounted.

Another object of my invention is to actuate the washing machine by alongitudinally disposed master-shaft located belowthe bench and is toactuate said Wringer by the same master-shaft that actuates the washingmachine regardless of the position the wringer may be in.

A further object thereof is to provide a clutch mechanism that willenable the operator to impart the movement of the master-shaft to ordisengage the same from the shaft actuating the wringer, wheneverdesired, and also to provide a suitable clutch mechanism for controllingthe operation of the washing machine whenever desired.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide for a suitableelongation of the bench upon which the tub of the washing machine andwringer are mounted so that it may accommodate other receptacles for thereception of the wash whenever desired.

These and other objects I accomplish by the means hereinafter fullydescribed, and

as particularly pointed out-in the claims.

In th drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is.a transverse vertical section thereof taken on dotted line 2, 2, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on dotted line 3, 3,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on dotted. line4:, 4:, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse horizontal section taken justbelow the plane of the top of the bench.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bench which is, preferably, ofa width corresponding to the diameter of the washing machine tub Bmounted upon one end 2 thereof, and is of a length sufficient toaccommodate and support two more tubs arranged with the Washing machinetub in tandem. This bench is supported by four legs, one at each corner,and at the end opposite the washing machine tub it is provided with aslide or extension C, comprising two parallel wooden strips or reacheswhich are longitudinally adjustable in or out of slides secured to theunderside of the top of the bench, and have their outer ends connectedby a cross-bar, substantially as shown. When this extension is drawnout, a basket or tub can be seated thereon, or it Patented Nov. 25,1913.

can be shoved back until the cross-bar C comes in contact with the endof'the bench, in which position it will be entirely out of the way.

The washing machine which I prefer to use in conjunction with myimproved laundry machine is fully illustrated and described inapplication for Letters Patent of the United States, filed by meFebruary 8, 1912, and numbered 676,178. The peculiarity of this patentedwashing machine is that the dolly or agitator is mounted upon a rotaryreciprocable shaft D that extends up through the bottom of the tub, andthrough a tubular casing 03 which latter passes through and isthoroughly secured to the bot-tom of the tub in such manner as toprevent leakage. The dolly-shaft D extends beyond the upper end of thecasing d, and has a sleeve E attached thereto that skirts point within afew inches of the bottom of the tub, and the dolly e is splined to thissleeve so as to be capable of a vertical movement thereon, but so as torevolve therewith. The lower end of the shaft D extends below the lowerend of the casing, which latter, below the bottom of-the tub, passesthrough and is secured by means of a suitable nut mounted thereon belowan alining boss depending down from the screw-plate f of a racket orhanger F that is secured to and hangs down from the bottom of the tub.This hanger has an L-shaped arm G that depends down from screw-plate fat a point in the same transverse plane as shaft D, and.

the lower extremity of this arm is provided with a bearing-boss in whichthe lower end or heel of said shaft D is journaled. Just above this lastmentioned boss said shaft is providedwith a suitable spur-wheel H, and

this spur-wheel is engaged and actuated by a" transversely reciprocablehorizontally disposed rack h, that slides back and forth in a recess hin the contiguous edge of the vertical portion of arm G. The end of rackh opposite the spur-wheelis pivotally secured to the upper end of a linkI, the lower end of which latter is pivoted to the extremity ofthe armof a bracket '5, whose supporting screw-plate is secured to the innersurface ofthe -side-rails of the top of the bench. This link is rockedback and forth by means of a connecting rod K, one end of whichispivoted to the upper end of the link concentric with the center of thepivotal connect-ion between the link and the rack, and the other oropposite end of the connecting-rod is pivotally mounted on a suitablecrankpin 7c projectingfrom a comparatively large gear L. Gear L ismounted on the adjacent end of a longitudinally disposed spindle m thatis journaled in the bearing-boss n made integral with the verticalportion of a hanger M, and this gearL is driven by a small gear Pmounted upon and revoluble with the longitudinally disposed master-shaftN of the machine.

The hanger M is of an inverted irregular D-shape, and the bearings ofthe spindle m are located at the lower angle of the loop of the D, andthe master-sha t is journaled in bearings located at the point where thelower portion of the loop merges into the vertical portion thereof. Ofcourse, the shape of this hanger may be changed, if desired.

The master-shaft is journaled in suitable bearings 0, 0, secured to anddepending from the end rails of the top of the bench midway between thesides of the, same, and is driven by a motor or otherwise through themedium of a pulley on its extended end nearest the tub, and between itsbearings is, preferably, made square .in cross-section. The drive-gear Pis loosely mounted on the master-shaft next the side of the hanger M andis in mesh with the large gear L, and is slidable longitudinally on saidshaft, to a limited extent, but not enough to move out of engagementwith gear L. The boss 19 of this gear P extends toward the hanger, andis provided with a circumferential groove that is engaged by the upperend of an arm 1' secured to and projecting up from the adjacent end of atransverse rock-shaft R. Rock-shaft R is journaled in the lower end of ahanger M and in the lower end of a suit-able hanger s secured to anddepending from the side rail of the top of the bench opposite to that towhich the bracket i is secured, and beyond the hanger s the saidrock-shaft is bent vertically upward to form a handle. The opposite endof this boss p is provided with serrations P to form one member of aclutch connection between said gear P and the master-shaft, and opposedserrations m are made on the adjacent end of a collar or coupling Xsecured to and revoluble with said master-shaft. Thus, it will be seenthat when the rock-shaft R is rotated in the one direction, and boss 7}is moved into engagement with the coupling X serrations P- and m will bethrown into engagement with each other and through the conjunctivemechanism will actuate the dolly of the washing machine, and when theclutch mechanism is disengaged these serrations will be come disengaged(as shown in Fig. 4) and cause the dolly to stop its work. I secure tothe side rail of the bench in the same transverse plane as saidrock-shaft R, a suitable contrivance for holding the handle ofrock-shaft at the extremes of its movement in one direction or theother, consisting of a suitable plate T secured to the outer surface ofthe, side rail of the bench, and a flange t projecting outwardly fromthe lower end thereof in the outer ed e of which there are two nichesinto one or t e other of which the said handle will enter at theextremes of its movement,

Between the washing machine tub and the opposite end of the bench,angle-iron rails 2, 2, are secured in parallel relation so that theirvertical portions overhang and are parallel to the sides of the bench. Atraveling-frame, upon which the wringer mechanism is carr1ed,is mountedand adjustable upon these rails. This frame consists of twocorresponding standards or uprights 3, 3, that are, preferably, made ofwood, and have their lower ends inserted and secured in a rectangulardepressed area of the center portion of the outer surface of T-shapedtruck-frames 4, 4. The alining arms of these truck-frames are made withinwardly projecting portions that overhang rails 2, and the innerextremities of said arms are, preferably, provided with two parallelvertical webs, between which the suitable wheels 7 that run on rails 2arejournaled. The lower edge of'the inner oneof these webs depends belowthat of the other. and constitutes a uard that will prevent .saidtruck-frames rom moving laterally 0a of the rails. Below the plane ofthe to of. the bench. the outer web of the ends of t e alining arms ofthe truck-frames have inwardly projecting flanges 8 that extend towardand come under the overhanging portion ofsaid rails and preventsaidtruckframes from being accidentally lifted 01f of the rails.

The lower' ends or feet of the truck-frames are flat and of a flangedconstruction and are riveted or otherwise secured to a crossbar 9extending from one side of the machine to the other under the bench. At

.a couple of bearings that are provided with cumferential teeth of acombine flanged bushings 10 having square bores through which themaster-shaft extends, and between these hearings said mastershaft has agear 10 mounted thereon the boss of which engages the flanges of saidbushings and prevents longitudinal movement on said shaft. This gear 10enga es the cirspur and bevel gear 12, which is secured upon alongitudinally reciprocable idle-shaft 14, the ends of which arejournaled in bearings 13, 13, depending down from the underside of theplate. At a suitable distance from the combination gear 12, I secure onthis idleshaft a bevel-gear 15, the face of which opposes the beveledteeth of the combination gear. Between these gears the lower portion ofshaft 14 is seated in a U-sha ed channel 16, which latter at its center0 length has a downwardly projecting stud that is pivotally seated in asuitable socket or hearing in the adjacent end of a horizontallydisposed transverse lever 18. This lever-is fulcrumed at a suitablepoint on the opposite side of the master-shaft bymeans of a stud 19projecting upwardly therefrom and journaled in bearings 20 in cross-bar.9 in which it is retainedby, means of a suitable cotterpin orotherwise. The longer arm of this lever extends outwardly beyond thesides of the standard 3, and is engaged by the lowercranked end of avertical rock-shaft 21.

The lower end of said rock-shaft is jour-- naled in an end extension ofthe cross-plate,

and its upper end is journaled in a lug projecti'ng outward from a plate22 secured to the upper end of the standard by means of rivets that passthrough the standards and through the vertical web of a flanged cornerangle 23. which latter is employed to secure the wooden cross-bar 24. tothe upper ends of the standards; Above plate 22, shaft 21 is providedwith a suitable handle 25, and

.theboss of the latter prevents shaft 21. from falling down through thelug in which itis journaled. By moving handle 25 in one direction, lever18 will be moved so that it will shift shaft 14 longitudinally inonedirection, and when thehandle 25 ismoved in the opposite direction,shaft 14 will be moved longitudinally in the reverse direction. When thelever 18 is maintained'in a position at right angles to themaster-shaft, combination gear 12 and bevel. gear 15 will run free, butwhen idle-shaft 14, upon which they are mounted, is movedlongitudinally, the bevel teeth of the combination gear 12 will engagethe adjacent side of an intermediate bevel gear 26, and drive thetransverse shaft 27, upon the adjacent end of which it is secured, inone direction, or the bevel gear 15 will engage the opposite side ofgear 26 and drive the shaft 27 in the opposite direction.

bosses depending from crossplate 9, and extends out beyond the outersurface of standard 3 on the same side of the machine, where it isprovided with a sprocket-wheel 28. suitable chain-belt 29 to asuitablesprocketwheel 30 which latter is securely mounted upon the extended-endof the shaft of one of the rollers of wringer 31.

I do not lay claim to-any novelty of the construction of the wringer,which latter is securely mounted upon the cross-bar 24 connecting-theupperends of the standards.

In operation, it is usual to ut the wash or work in the tub of the wasing machine and thoroughly wash the same through the medium of therotary reciprocable movement of the dolly. This I. accomplish bythrowing the clutch members into engagement with each other by rockingshaftlR in the proper direction. When the clothes are washed, theclutch-members are disengaged, and the cover of the tub is raised. Thenlever'18 is rocked so as to impart the motion of the master-shaft to thetransverse-shaft 27, and rotate the latter in the direction it isdesired to revolve the rollers of the wringer, and then the clothes fromthe tub are fed between the rollers of the wringer and the ing frame andwringer carried thereby are w Shaft 27 is journaled in suitable bearingThis sprocket-wheel is connected by a moved to the side of the-tub ofbluing water opposite the tub of rinsing water, on the end of the benchopposite the washing machine, and then the wash is put through theWringer into a basket or tub supported upon the sliding extension C.

Of course, the method of using the wringer in relation to the washingfrom the washing machine tub will, in all probability differaccording'to the custom of the operator, but it is apparent that theadjustability of the wringer to and from the washing machine tub will beof the utmost convenience, and the providing of a bench upon which thisadjustment can take place, which will accommodate several tubs besidesthe tub of the washing machine, will greatly facilitate and'expedite thelaundry work.

VVhat- I claim as new is:

1. A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising a suitableelongated support, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocabledriven-shaft journaled near one end thereof, a longitudinally disposedmastershaft having fixed hearings in said support, means for impartingthe motion of said master-shaft to said driven-shaft comprising a' gearderiving motion from said mastersh-aft, a rack, a link pivotallyconnected to andsupporting one end of said rack, and a connecting rodconnecting said gear to the link-supported end of said rack.

2. A mechanical movement forwashing "machines comprising a .suitableelongated support, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocabledriven-shaft journaled near one end thereof, a longitudinally disposedmastershaft having fixed bearings in said support, means for impartingthe motion of said master-shaft to said driven-shaft comprising a gearderiving motion from said mastershaft, clutch mechanism movablelongitudinally on said master-shaft and cause the parts of said clutchto cooperate, a rack, a link pivotally connected to and supporting oneend of said rack,'and a connecting rod connecting said gear to thelink-supported end of said rack.

3. A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising a suitableelongated support, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocabledriven-shaft journaled near the end thereof, a longitudinally disposedmastershaft having fixed bearings in said support, means for impartingthe motion 0 said master-shaft to said driven-shaft comprising adrive-gear, a driven gear separate therefrom, a clutch mechanism movablelongitudinally on said shaft and having an extended boss with acircumferential groove therein, a transverse rock-shaft having asuitable arm that engages said groove and is adapted to move saiddrive-gear and cause the parts of said clutch mechanism to cooperate, arack, a link pivotally connected to and supporting one end thereof, anda connecting-rod connecting said gear to the link-supported end of saidrack.

4:. A mechanical movementtfpr washing machines comprising a suitableelongated support, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocabledriven-shaft journaled near the end thereof, a longitudinally disposedmastershaft having fixed bearings in said support, a clutch member faston said master-shaft, a drive-pinion loose on said master-shaft havingan integral clutch member that is movable into'and out of engagementwith the first-mentioned clutch member, a gear meshing with said pinion,a rack, a link pivotally connected to and supporting one end thereof,and a connecting-rod connecting said gear to the link-supported end ofsaid rack.

5. A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising a suitableelongate support, a vertically disposed rotary recip- I rooabledriven-shaft journaled near the end thereof, a longitudinally disposedmastershafthaving fixed hearings in said support, a clutch member faston said master-shaft, a drive-pinion loose on said master-shaft havingan integral clutch member that is mov able into and out of engagementwith the first-mentioned clutch member and having its boss extendedopposite to said clutch with a circumferential groove therein, atransverse rock-shaft having a suitable arm that engages said groove andis adapted to move the pinion and clutch into and out of operativerelation with said first-mentioned clutch member, a gear meshing withsaid pinion, a rack, a link pivotally connected to and supporting oneendthereof, and a connecting rod connecting said gear to thelink-supported-end of said rack.

6. A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising a suitablesupport, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocable driven-shaft carriedthereby, a pinion on said shaft, a horizontally disposed mastershaft, agear deriving motion from said master-shaft, a rack engaging saidpinion, a link pivotally connected to and supporting one endof saidrack, and a rod transmitting the motion of said gear to said link.

7 A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising a suitablesupport, a vertically disposed rotary reciprocable driven-shaft carriedthereby, a pinion on said shaft, a horizontally disposed mastershaft, apinion on said master-shaft, a gear meshing with said last-mentionedpinion, a rack engaging said first-mentioned pinion, a link pivotallyconnected to and supporting one end of said rack, and a rod transmittingthe motion of said gear to said link.

8. A mechanical movement for washing machines comprising'a suitablesupport, a vertically disposed rotary reoiprocable driven-shaft carriedthereby, a pinion on said shaft, a horizontally disposed master shaft, apinion on said master-shaft, a clutch for throwing the same into and outof opera tive relation with said master-shaft, a gear meshing with saidlast-mentioned pinion, a rack engaging said first-mentioned pinion, a

link pivotally connected to and supporting 10 one end of said rack, anda rod transmitting the motion'of said gear to said link.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of March,1913.

SAMUEL T. WHITE.

' Witnesses:

CHAs. W. TAPPERT, C. T. BLAKEMORE.

